{"id":9228,"date":"2022-04-26T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T01:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2022-10-28T08:42:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T22:42:21","slug":"virtual-reality-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/virtual-reality-trial","title":{"rendered":"Virtual reality trial opens potential new therapies for acquired brain injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_6202\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6202\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6202 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/04\/bbis-vitual-reality-fb.jpg\" alt=\"Brighton Brain Injury Service Senior Speech Pathologist Therese Elliott\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brighton Brain Injury Service Senior Speech Pathologist Therese Elliott<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>A promising trial of virtual reality (VR) technology involving patients with an acquired brain injury may lead to the development of new speech pathology therapies.<\/h4>\n<p>Brighton Brain Injury Service Senior Speech Pathologist Therese Elliott said it is well known that sensory rehabilitation with VR immersion could improve clinical outcomes for patients with moderate to severe acquired brain injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVR therapies have successfully demonstrated merits in motor and cognitive rehabilitation for patients who have suffered a brain injury, but at the same time, limited evidence exists for the use of VR in communication therapies,\u201d Ms Elliott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn initial pilot of VR technology was proposed following the observation that COVID-19 lockdowns caused a reduction in engagement and decreased motivation of patients in speech therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrighton Brain Injury Service (BBIS) patients were taking longer to reach identified communication goals and patient engagement was lower as therapy ordinarily involved family, friends, outdoor and leisure activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBIS speech pathology team adjusted its service provisions to trial higher stimulation and more technology-based options for patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe major concern was how patients would tolerate the use of VR therapy without being over stimulated or resulting in elevated indicators such as high blood pressure or heart rate,\u201d Ms Elliott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix patients used the VR device as part of their usual speech therapy session and engaged with the device better than expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe observed an increase in patients\u2019 speech, engagement and language skills while the VR headset was being used.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Elliott said at the same time, patients experienced no motion sickness (even with history of motion sickness) and no overstimulation was observed with patients exhibiting stable blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen saturation, and stable mood tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Through the use of the VR headset, patients viewed a number of scenarios such as sitting on a beach or rainforest, swimming with dolphins, diving, surfing or being on safari.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Elliott said the speech pathologist used the scenario to target communication goals such as yes\/no responses, increased length of utterances, and auditory comprehension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results were highly encouraging, with one patient in particular who is diagnosed with prolonged disorder of consciousness experiencing an increase in movement and alertness during the sessions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a very positive increase in alertness for this patient who became responsive and alert, tracking and fixating on the content displayed by the VR headset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis patient was observed to smile, move their head from side to side (looking) and move hands when the device was removed. He was previously unresponsive and unable to demonstrate any ability to fixate and track items.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the clinical observations, Brighton Brain Injury Service speech pathology team will commence a research project this year investigating speech-language interventions in moderate to severe acquired brain injury &#8211; Rehabilitation: Exploring Patient Outcomes with Virtual Reality Immersion (RECOVRI).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A promising trial of virtual reality (VR) technology involving patients with an acquired brain injury may lead to the development of new speech pathology therapies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":10604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coh-express"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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